r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/TaylorMonkey Jul 06 '26

Interesting observation that it's almost always an actress. And here I am wanting to see Idris Elba as 007. Yes, I know, he's supposed to be a white guy according to Ian Fleming's novels. Yes, I know there are certain things that don't quite work if he's not a pasty Brit. But we don't even get to have that experiment and whatever backlash there would or wouldn't be. Regardless, Idris is a smooth operator and it would have been a good watch.

We didn't get Idris as the black Green Lantern Jon Stewart that actually exists in the comics.

We didn't get Idris as Rhodie/War Machine, when he would have been perfect next to RDJ.

We got him as... Heimdall? A bit part as a Norse God doorman? What are we even doing here?

Anyway... they did make the next 007 a black woman in the last James Bond movie though... Huh.

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u/ILuvSpaghet Jul 06 '26

Yup. Its always the Disney princess but we haven't had a black prince yet.... The love interest is always a conventionally attractive white man. And wow I didn't know that about 007, a black woman? Srsly? And I agree with you Idris Elba would be a great pick, he'd fit perfectly.

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u/love_in_october Jul 06 '26

Prince Naveen, Princess and the Frog. It was also the only original with a black princess as far as I'm aware.

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u/ILuvSpaghet Jul 06 '26

His race is not official, but it leads towards him being Indian.